One of the most thoughtful films about World War II, this 1958 Edward Dmytryk (The Left Hand of God) drama, based on a novel by Irwin Shaw The Young Lions, tells parallel stories of two American soldiers (Montgomery Clift and Dean Martin) and one German officer (Marlon Brando), whose war experiences we follow until they intersect outside a concentration camp. Martin plays what he calls "a likeable coward," Clift is intense as a Jewish GI and Brando experiments with the limits of his part as a Nazi re-evaluating his beliefs. Legend has it that Clift accused Brando of... bleeding-heart excessiveness. Interestingly, the two Method actors share no scenes together. --Tom Keogh [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Academy Award-winning actor Marlon Brando captures the extraordinary contradictions and complexity of a decent man who winds up as a Nazi officer The Young Lions tells the story of World War II from both sides The American represented by Montgomery Clift and Dean Martin And the German made tragically vivid by Brando Based on the novel by Irwin Shaw The Young Lions is a provocative insightful movie It is also one of Brando&39;s all-time best Actors Marlon Brando Montgomery Clift Dean Martin Hope Lange Barbara Rush May Britt Maximillion Schell Dora Doll Lee Van Cleef Liliane Mpntevecchi Parley Baer Arthur Franz Hal Baylor Richard Garder & Herbert Rudley Director Edward Dmytryk Certificate PG Year 1958 Screen 2351 Anamorphic Languages English - Dolby Digital (20) Mono Additional Languages French; Italian; Germany; Spanish Subtitles English for the hearing impaired; German for the hearing impaired; Dutch; French; Italian; Spanish Closed Captions Yes Duration 2 hours and 47 minutes (approx)
This film follows the fortunes of three soldiers, one German and two Americans, from the time of their enlistment for World War Two to the end of the war. Christian Dietl (Marlon Brando) is a German who starts out as a dedicated soldier but gradually becomes appalled by the Nazi movement. The American soldiers (Montgomery Clift and Dean Martin) meet as draftees, one a young Jew and the other an entertainer, and together endure Boot Camp and the campaign to retake France. All three characters finally meet in a confrontation outside a concentration camp. The film was nominated for three Oscars.
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